Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-15
rnELAAp ass AmEaIcA.
rae Relations which save Existed
Reawcea Them
EDrroa Poar- IErHLlLoEEcEn:

EDTron PoaT- INTzl1I0EHoEn:
Considering the recent interest taken
By che people Of Seattle In Irish poIiti-
Q Il affairs. it mag not be 0us Of place 10
say something - 10 Why the people Of
hand TO '.poor old Ireland" Tue neces-
sity Of this interest and asststanoe u
a ads more app trent BY the news In the
Posr-INrKLLIaESoER this morning that
sue oFuslty OF Tory iandlofdlsm. tyranny
aRd oppression "a followed BY eviction
and she flames Of o0nn tgratiou. The
poor are not Only driven out Of hou-e
aud homs. but tne bOass aud home Is.
by the devilish demOuism OF tbs sa-
tannie landlord, given TO the flames.
Gould tbs ingenuity OF hatred do more
Ireland vas invaded BY Henry II Of
England toward the latter part of che
twelfth century. For over 30 yesEs b..
fore that time her people were battling
for h0ms and hrside against the Dan q
and otheF northern hordsA Ireland
vas In goSsFDm mt democratic. II
might 10 q measure u truth be SAID th q
our system Is modelled after that
Of Ireland. From the seventh to
TIE end Of the ninth century Ireland
was so she Christian world what Egypt
vas 70 the Pagan world In tue days OF
Greece and Rene.
10 the credit Of the Irish people and
their children, they have new g yielded
up their aspirations for liberty aud self
government. This spirit is dominant
snereyer they are found. After the
treaty Of Limerick loot. 3, 1891 IL may,
in q sens, be said that the Irish people
bsaame the wanderers, the trzmp- OF
the nniverse; bat they never forgot Ire.
land. Ia every land aud CLINE they set
lied, and In every land they became tbs
Christian missionaries Of liberty and
democracy. Barke. Car4n, 0rattan,
sheridan. Wolf Tone, Emmstt, DAVIS
aad host OF others Ia their day raised
their voices ~ favor OF Washington and
the people OF the American colonies.
The IFsh Parliament Of lbs gave its
moral, and it only wanted oppoftusity
20 give its material. sappost 10 tha Q tuse
OF tas eolonists. Tue Irish psople, fly.
Ing from persecution 10 Irelan 4, sought
IN the American colonies that which
they we're denied 81 home. They we're
all more OF less used 10 arms. and thous-
ADds OF them we're trained soldiers.
they raised Ia North America the hra
org OF trus liberty, aud defended and
maintained u BY their Aoss. John
LanQdon And John Sullivan. IN l77a,
struck the hrst blow for independeDes.
Ons- bali Of the acted generals Of the
Revolution we're Irish by birth or parent
ace. as we're also one-hAlf Of Wasaing-
ton's army. The assistance Of FfAaoe
uas eained through the inflneuca Of
Biahop Carroll. When Washington vas
aooat 10 falteE a. Valley Fosss, 10 the
wtatoF OF lI1a. when ths blood Of his
barefooted soldiers marked the ffoEs D
ground. aud the Coutinsutal Congress
bad nethink ADD coald give nothing to
relieve hts distress. the Irish Society Of
the Friendly Soaa Of Ireland, q society
u the Isish Of Philadelphia. sent him
over El00. 600; aud though poor Ireland
~ that time vas herself gFoanine under
she lash OF the tyrant.ssse did nos for
get the caloniats Who wete batting for
liberty, aud, poor 90 she vas. she for
wAFdsd her contFthati0n 10 the cAass OF
the undergraduates Of the American pee
pie.
Ireland has never forEOlaan the Dotted
Htates. aud the American people sAaald
never foseet Ireland. II eur statue OF
LiosFty = not % b q meaningless EN-
hiem. then - oannOt withhold o1r
sympathy frem = people struggling for
freedom AMI homa. Frou TIE iaVasi0a
ef Hsafy II doUn thFOaeA The aSes.
Ireland has kePt barring the living.
TIE eternal. hre Of liberty. aud
never vili that light 90 cut - Iona -
there iives 40 lFtshmAn able 10 say,
"a a save Ireland"
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